Marie Loucká

"He was such that when he came out of that prison, he had nothing. So our grandfather, Aunt Jindrova - those who could. Our grandfather bought him a winter jacket, a winter coat, auntie knitted him a sweater, gave him underwear, just everything so that he would have something to wear. And he confessed, and there came old grandfather, and uncle came home in the winter and just in a suit. And our father said to him, 'And Tonecek, where's the winter coat I bought you?' And he said, 'This old grandfather came to me for confession, he was shivering with cold, so I came out of the confessional, I undressed and I gave him the winter coat.' He was so caring. Then he was very caring, he got in touch with Mother Teresa. I gave him the picture when it was taken. When she was in Brno, he's photographed with her in the church. We only saw him for a short time, he was with us here. But then the Dominicans wanted it, so we gave it to the Dominicans. At the uncle's, when we came to Brno, he had so many packages in that one room that people brought for Mother Teresa. He was really such a man. They were all good Zemts, but he would really give everything away. I got married and had my first daughter, Evička. But I had a bad birth, a brain contusion at birth. So Evička understood everything, but she wouldn't talk or walk. But when I was working at the dental office, my parents took care of her. And I grumbled. Evička recognized him when he was in the hallway, and I always said - everybody says, 'Why did this have to happen to me?' First baby. I got married at twenty-one, she was born at twenty-three. I had a crazy nice husband, from Brod. He also had a bad fate. And I just told my uncle. And he talked me out of it. He said, ‘Don’t complain. Remember one thing — when God knows someone can endure such hardship, He has to put that burden somewhere. Life can’t be all comfort, not everything can be good. He knew you would take care of her.’ She was a very sweet little girl. I still have a photo of her with her grandfather.”

"We were in Znojmo, there was a driver there and he was driving Znojmo - Austria, as a driver. He was a great admirer of the Dominicans, his whole family. And three from Vlčnov turned to my uncle. Pavelčík Jožka, Moštek - Monsignor Moštek's brother and Jožka Zemek, who was then in America. These were students who were supposed to go to the army, but they were against the regime. My uncle helped them through this engine driver who took them to Austria. There, my uncle was already in contact with the Austrian Dominicans. So they put them up there and the boys got on to America. I just knew that. They turned him in. They brought guns into his basement that he didn't know about. That he was just keeping weapons there and that he was smuggling."